Time to refit Zip's bits. After a kayak paddle. First we filed down epoxy bits in the daggerboard trunk, to make sure the daggerboard fit, and yes, it goes in both ways.
Reamed out the carriage bolt hole of any paint drippings, 1/4 inch bit.
Attached the rudder assembly latch plate, secured with a #8 silicone bronze screw, 1 inch.
Fit a new bow strip, quarter round stainless that runs back 16 inches. ZIP showed up to us without one, so this is new bling for her.
Screws got clocked on all the reinstalled hardware.
ZIP got a flip, the finishing dolly disappeared and she got lowered onto the Dynamic Dolly.
ZIP got a new rudder pin.
On the factory boats the keeper chain was attached to the deck, but we found that many of those pins came loose during trailering and now litter the side of America's roadways. They are hard to find, so we attach ours to the rudder.
It is important that the vertical hinge plate have a nice straight edge on the bottom and that the latch plate, the cup that the hinge plate notches into, not have a worn upper edge, other wise there can be slop in the rudder assembly. If you have an old style rudder and it pops out easily, check these parts and make sure the spring plate on the deck is straight.
The last screw, the "Whiskey Screw."
Whiskey Screw video: https://youtu.be/p1z41gdjPFs
The patch looks nice.
Drilled out the hole for the daggerboard retainer line, it was full of dirt.
1/8th inch dacron cord from New England Ropes.
Rigged for sail, prep for Sea Trials on the Sailstice.
She's ready!
Log of ZIP.
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